Sunday, November 30, 2014

Lone Star Class

My last class taught for the year, at The Patchwork Angel, is a Lone Star quilt. I love this teaching this quilt, the fabric choices made by the students are varied and so all the quilts look different but all stunning.

At the end of the second class the girls had half the quilt sewn together. In the first class we learn how to construct the star points with strip sets. The second class is putting the star points together with the background fabric.

So here are the girls beautiful quilts. I love how this photo worked out all the halves lined out. I get all excited and start jumping around waiting for the ladies to get to this point, this is when it all comes together and you get your chance to see how all the fabrics have worked together and how stunning it really is.

This is Kathrine's top. It is over the top of mine so it looks a little jumbled. Kathrine used civil war reproductions in greys, green and the pink is actually a red. The background is a cream with red print.

Thurley went a completely different way with her colours. Stunning yellows, reds and oranges. Thurley's background is a black with white spots.

Sharon used blues of all shades for your Lone Star Quilt. This has a completely different feel compared to Thurley's, the fabrics give it a cool feeling. Sharon used a pale blue spot fabric for the background.
I didn't get a photo of Michelle's on her own. So sorry Michelle. Michelle's is the one right in the front of this picture. Michelle used beautiful civil war reproductions also but with greens, pinks and browns with cream background fabric. The same type of fabrics as Katherine but they look so different.

This is one of my class samples. Completely scrappy star points and a vibrant Shot Cotton pink used for the background. Different look and feel again.

Thank you ladies for coming to my class, I am hoping to see your finished tops next year.